Epson X410 Manual

							Text Enhancement
Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.
Auto Area Segmentation Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the
graphics.
Brightness Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.
Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.
Threshold Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs.
Parent topic: Scanning in Home Mode
Selecting a Scan Size - Home Mode You can reduce or enlarge the size of your image as you scan. You can also select a specific scan size,
such as a common photo size like 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm). This places a scan area of that size on
the preview image so you can use it to help crop the image in the correct proportions.
1. Click thePreviewbutton to preview your image.
2. In the Epson Scan window, select the size you want your scanned image to be from the Target Size
list.
Note: If you need to rotate the orientation of the target size for your image, click the Orientation
icon.
A marquee (dotted line) appears on your preview image proportioned for the size you selected.
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							3. Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area:
• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.
• To resize the scan area, place your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee, then click anddrag the edge where you want it.
Note: Manually adjusting the marquee will not change the target size of the scanned file. The
marquee only indicates the area of the image that will be scanned.
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							4. To create a scanned image size that is not available in the Target Size list, click the
Customize
option.
5. Name the custom size, enter the size, click Save, and clickOK. Then create a scan area on the
preview image.
The marquee is automatically proportioned for your custom scan size.
Parent topic: Scanning in Home Mode
Scanning in Office Mode When you scan in Office Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG format in
your operating systems Pictures or My Pictures folder, or opens it in your scanning program. You can
select settings, preview, and change the scanned file settings as necessary.
1. Start Epson Scan and select Office Modeas the Mode setting.
You see this window:
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							2. Select the
Image Typesetting that matches your original.
3. Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.
4. Select the SizeandOrientation settings that match your original.
5. Select the Resolutionsetting you want to use for your scan.
6. Click the Previewbutton.
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							Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.
7. If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scan area).
8. Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scan area in the Preview window.
9. Click Scan.
You see the File Save Settings window.
10. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.
Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the file in the selected folder or opens it in your scanning
program. If the file was saved directly to your computer, you see the file in the Windows Explorer or Mac
OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.
Selecting a Scan Area - Office Mode
Available Image Adjustments - Office Mode
Parent topic: Selecting Epson Scan Settings
Related concepts
Scan Resolution Guidelines
Related tasks
Selecting Scan File Settings
Selecting a Scan Area - Office Mode You can select a specific area in your preview image to include in your scanned image. You can select
the entire image area or a portion of it. You can even select multiple scan areas to create multiple
scanned images of different areas.
You can also use the scan area to select specific Image Adjustments settings for a scanned image. Just
be sure to click inside the scan area before selecting the settings.
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							1. In the Preview window, click the Auto Locate icon to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview
image.
2. Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area: • If the marquee is correct, continue with the next step.
• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.
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							• To resize the scan area, place your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee, then click and
drag the edges where you want them. (Hold down the Shiftkey as you resize the marquee to
retain the same width/height proportions.)
• To create additional marquees (up to 50, if available), click the Copy Marquee icon to copy the existing marquee and paste it on the preview image.
Note: If you draw multiple marquees, make sure you select the Allbutton in the Preview window
before you scan. Otherwise, only the area inside the currently selected marquee will be scanned.
• To delete a marquee, click the marquee, then click the Delete Marquee icon.
3. Click inside each scan area and make any necessary settings in the Epson Scan window.
Parent topic: Scanning in Office Mode
Available Image Adjustments - Office Mode You can select these Image Adjustments options in Epson Scan Office Mode.
Note:Select the Image Option checkbox if you need to set any of the grayed-out image adjustments.
Not all adjustment settings may be available, depending on the Image Type setting.
Unsharp Mask Makes the edges of certain image areas clearer. Turn off this option to leave softer edges.
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							Descreening
Removes the ripple pattern that might appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as skin tones. This
option improves results when scanning magazines or newspapers. (The results of descreening do not
appear in the preview image, only in your scanned image.)
Text Enhancement Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.
Auto Area Segmentation Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the
graphics.
Color Enhance Enhances the red, green, or blue shades in the scanned image.
Brightness Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.
Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.
Threshold Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs.
Parent topic: Scanning in Office Mode
Scanning in Professional Mode When you scan in Professional Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG
format in your operating systems Pictures or My Pictures folder, or opens it in your scanning program.
You can select settings, preview, and change the scanned file settings as necessary.
1. Start Epson Scan and select Professional Modeas the Mode setting.
You see this window:
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							2. Select the
Document Type setting that matches your original, such as Reflectivefor documents or
photos.
3. Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.
4. Select the specific type of original you are scanning as the Auto Exposure Typesetting:Document
or Photo.
5. Select the details of your original and how you want it scanned as the Image Typesetting.
6. Select the Resolutionsetting you want to use for your scan.
7. Click the Previewbutton.
Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.
8. If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scan area).
9. Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scan area in the Preview window.
10. If you want to reduce or enlarge your image as you scan, select the Target Sizesetting you want to
use.
11. Click Scan.
You see the File Save Settings window.
12. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.
Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the file in the selected folder or opens it in your scanning
program. If the file was saved directly to your computer, you see the file in the Windows Explorer or Mac
OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.
Available Image Types - Professional Mode
Selecting a Scan Area - Professional Mode
Available Image Adjustments - Professional Mode
Selecting a Scan Size - Professional Mode
Parent topic: Selecting Epson Scan Settings
Related concepts
Scan Resolution Guidelines
Image Preview Guidelines
Related tasks
Selecting Scan File Settings
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